Penholder



(No Model.)' 1 v H 0. A. WEISSENBORN.

PENHOLDER.

Patented Nov. 12, 1895.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR A. WEISSENBORN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549}? 58, datedNovember 12, 1895.

Application filed November 23, 1894. Serial No. 529,698.- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR A. WEIssnN- BORN,a citizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPenholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to that class of penholders in which isincorporated a sleeve of felt or other fibrous or textile material to begrasped by the fingers; and it consists in certain novel features ofconstruction for producing Various advantageous results, as hereinafterfully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I" represents a longitudinalsection of a penholder embodying my invention. Fig. II rep resents aside View of a portion thereof. Fig. III represents a side view of atenon forming a part of the holder. Fig. IV represents a side view of apen-receiving tube. Fig. V represents a longitudinal section of thesleeve on a larger scale than in Fig.1. Fig. VI represents across-section of the holder at the line w :0, Fig. I.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

The letter A indicates the body of the holder, having at its lower end astem or tenon B, which in this example is formed integral with the bodyand of wood.

0 indicates a sleeve of fibrous or textile material-as felt-cloth,chamois, &c.surrounding the tenon B. On the tenon B is fitted a tube D,also of wood, which is the part to receive the pen and coacts with thetenon to retain the pen in the holder, this tube being loose ordetached, while the tenon is usually split for a portion of its lengthinward from the lower end, as shown, for rendering it elastic.

The pen-receiving tube D terminates at a point outward from the upperend of the tenon B, or, in otherwords, it embraces only the lower partof the tenon, so as to leave the upper part of the tenon exposed inrespect to the tube. Now the sleeve 0 is fitted on and embraces the tubeD and said upper exposed part of the tenon B, and it is secured to bothof these parts by means of an adhesive substance, as glue, the efiect ofwhich is to firmly support the tube upon the tenon by means of thesleeve, and thus prevent outward displacement of the tube.

By making both the tenon B and the tube D of wood, in contradistinctionto metal or like material, a superior hold is aiforded to the glue orother adhesive substance used for securingthe sleeve 0, and in ordertofurther increase such hold the sleeve is provided with alining e, ofpaper, which, like the Wood, is pervious to the glue or other adhesivesubstance employed, the latter practically forming a joint between thepaper sleeve-lining and the wooden tenon to secure the sleeve at thedesired point. The lining e is in form of a paper tube, with the feltconstituting the sleeve fitted on and secured to it, as by means ofglue, and the lining has the advantage of adapting the sleeve to befinished in its entirety before it is applied to and irrespective of theremainder of the holder, as illustrated in Fig. V, since the liningforms an effective support for the sleeve in its detached state.

Another advantage of making the parts B D of wood is that they are notliable to corrode by the action of the ink which may find its waybetween them.

The tube D usually has a flange D at its outer end to assist, inconjunction with a shoulder f, created by the tenon B, in holding thesleeve Gin position.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent,is-

1. A pen-holder having the cushion-receiving portion of wood, a tubularsleeve of paper encircling said wooden portion and glued thereto, and atubular sleeve of afibrous material such as felt encircling and glued tosaid paper sleeve, substantially as set forth.

2. A cushioning sleeve for a pen-holder consisting of a composite tubeadapted to fit upon the pen-holder, said tube having an exterior surfaceof a fibrous material such as felt, and alining of paper, and saidcomposite tube being united circumferentially and having its completetubular form independent of the pen holder and before it is appliedthereto, substantially as set forth.

3. A pen-holder having the tenon of wood, the pen-receiving-tube also ofwood, fitted on the lower part of the tenon, and the sleeve of 10fibrous or textile material, with a lining of paper, fitted on the tubeand said upper exposed part of the tenon, and secured thereon by meansof an adhesive substance, for supporting the tube on the tenon,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

OSCAR A. WEISSENBORN.

Witnesses CHARLES G. COE, CHAS. WAHLERS.

